THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES  ISSUABLE UPON  CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT
BEEN  REGISTERED  UNDER THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933,  AS AMENDED,  OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES  LAWS.  THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES  ISSUABLE UPON  CONVERSION OF
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD,  OFFERED  FOR SALE,  PLEDGED OR  HYPOTHECATED  IN THE
ABSENCE OF AN  EFFECTIVE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT
AND ANY APPLICABLE  STATE  SECURITIES  LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL  REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY  TO  OPHTHALMIC  IMAGING   SYSTEMSTHAT  SUCH  REGISTRATION  IS  NOT
REQUIRED.

                              CONVERTIBLE TERM NOTE
                              ---------------------

         FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED,   OPHTHALMIC   IMAGING   SYSTEMS,   a  California
corporation  (the  "BORROWER"),  hereby  promises to pay to LAURUS  MASTER FUND,
LTD.,  c/o Ironshore  Corporate  Services Ltd.,  P.O. Box 1234 G.T.,  Queensgate
House, South Church Street, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: 345-949-9877 (the
"HOLDER") or its registered assigns or successors in interest, on order, the sum
of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  ($1,200,000),  together  with any
accrued and unpaid  interest  hereon,  on September  25th,  2006 (the  "MATURITY
DATE") if not sooner paid.

         Capitalized  terms  used  herein  without  definition  shall  have  the
meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain  Securities  Purchase  Agreement
dated as of the date hereof  between the Borrower and the Holder (the  "PURCHASE
AGREEMENT").

The following terms shall apply to this Note:

                                    ARTICLE I
                             INTEREST & AMORTIZATION

         1.1 Interest Rate and Payments. Subject to Sections 4.9 and 5.6 hereof,
interest  payable  on this Note  shall  accrue at a rate per annum  equal to six
percent and one half percent  (6.5%) per annum (the "Contract  Rate").  Interest
shall be payable monthly in arrears  commencing on October 25th, 2003 and on the
first day of each  consecutive  calendar  month  thereafter  (each, a "REPAYMENT
DATE"),  and on the Maturity  Date,  accelerated  or otherwise.  If an effective
current Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued in  connection  herewith  shall
exist and the volume  weighted  average of the closing price of the Common Stock
for the five trading days immediately  preceding the end of the instant calendar
month shall be 25% higher than the Fixed  Conversion  Price then in effect,  the
Contract Rate for the next succeeding  month shall be reduced by 25 basis points
for each such incremental increase .



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         1.2 Monthly Principal  Payments.  Although Borrower shall make payments
of accrued and unpaid interest under this Note beginning on October 25th,  2003,
amortization of the aggregate  principal amount outstanding under this Note (the
"PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT")  shall  begin on  December  25th,  2003 (the  "AMORTIZATION
Date").  Subject to Section 2.1 below with respect to cash  payments made on any
Payment  Date,  beginning on the  Amortization  Date,  the  Borrower  shall make
monthly  payments to the Holder on each  Repayment  Date,  each in the amount of
$36,363.64 together with any accrued and unpaid interest to date on such portion
of the  Principal  Amount  plus any and all other  amounts  which are then owing
under this Note but have not been paid (collectively, the "MONTHLY AMOUNT").

                                   ARTICLE II
                            BORROWER PAYMENT OPTIONS

         2.1  Monthly  Payments  in Cash or Common  Stock.  Subject to the terms
hereof,  the Borrower shall have the sole option to determine whether to satisfy
payment of the Monthly Amount on each Repayment Date either in cash or in shares
of Common  Stock (as defined in the Purchase  Agreement),  or a  combination  of
both.  Each month by the tenth  (10th) day of such  month,  the  Borrower  shall
deliver  to the  Holder a written  irrevocable  notice in the form of  Exhibit B
attached hereto electing to pay the Monthly Amount payable on the next Repayment
Date in  either  cash or  Common  Stock,  or a  combination  of  both  (each,  a
"REPAYMENT ELECTION NOTICE").  Each Repayment Election Notice shall be delivered
to the  Holder not later  than the tenth  (10th)  day of the month  prior to the
applicable Repayment Date (the date by which such notice is required to be given
being hereinafter  referred to as the "NOTICE DATE"). If, for the Monthly Amount
payment due on any Repayment Date, a Repayment  Election Notice is not delivered
to the Holder by the applicable  Notice Date for such Repayment  Date,  then the
Monthly Amount due on such Repayment Date shall be paid in cash. If the Borrower
elects or is required to repay all or a portion of the Monthly Amount in cash on
a Repayment  Date,  then on such  Repayment  Date the Borrower  shall pay to the
Holder an amount equal to 100% of the Monthly Amount then due in satisfaction of
such  obligation.  If the Borrower repays all or a portion of the Monthly Amount
in shares of  Common  Stock,  the  number of such  shares to be issued  for such
Repayment Date shall be the number determined by dividing (x) the portion of the
Monthly Amount to be paid in shares of Common Stock, by (y) the Fixed Conversion
Price. For purposes hereof, the "FIXED CONVERSION PRICE" means $1.07.

         2.2 No Effective Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein,  the Borrower shall be prohibited from exercising its right to repay any
part of any Monthly  Amount in shares of Common  Stock (and must deliver cash in
respect thereof) on any applicable Repayment Date if at any time from the Notice
Date for such Repayment Date through the date upon which such payment is made by
delivery of certificates  for shares of Common Stock (i) there fails to exist an
effective current Registration  Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights
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the shares of Common Stock to be issued,  or (ii) an Event of Default  hereunder
exists and is  continuing,  unless  such  Event of  Default is cured  within any
applicable cure period or is otherwise  waived in writing by the Holder in whole
or in part at the Holder's option.

         2.3 Common Stock Payment  Guidelines.  Notwithstanding  anything to the
contrary  herein,  if the  Borrower  has  elected to pay all or a portion of the
Monthly  Amount  due on such  Repayment  Date in shares of Common  Stock and the
closing  price of the  Common  Stock  as  reported  by  Bloomberg,  L.P.  on the
Principal  Market (as  defined in Section  4.7 hereof) for any of the 11 trading
days  preceding  a  Repayment  Date was less than  110% of the Fixed  Conversion
Price,  then the Holder shall have the option to refuse to accept any portion of
such  payment in shares of Common  Stock and require the Borrower to pay in cash
instead.  Any part of the Monthly  Amount due on such  Repayment  Date which the
Borrower  did not elect to pay in shares  of Common  Stock  shall be paid by the
Borrower in cash on such  Repayment  Date. Any part of the Monthly Amount due on
such Repayment Date which the Borrower  elected to pay in shares of Common Stock
but which must be paid in cash (because the closing price of the Common Stock on
one or more of the 11 trading days preceding the  applicable  Repayment Date was
less than 110% of the Fixed  Conversion  Price and the Holder elected to require
payment  in cash  instead of  accepting  shares of Common  Stock)  shall be paid
within three (3) business days of the applicable Repayment Date.

         2.4 Optional Prepayments in Common Stock. In the event that the closing
price of the Common  Stock on the  Principal  Market is greater than 115% of the
Fixed  Conversion  Price for a period of at least five (5)  consecutive  trading
days,  then the  Borrower  may, at its sole option,  provide the Holder  written
notice (a "CALL NOTICE")  requiring the conversion at the Fixed Conversion Price
of all or a  portion  of the  outstanding  principal  of this Note  (subject  to
compliance with Section 2.3 and 3.2 if payment is less than all of the principal
and  interest  then due),  together  with  accrued  interest on the amount being
prepaid,  as of the date set forth in such Call  Notice (the "CALL  DATE").  The
Call Date shall be at least eleven (11) trading days  following  the date of the
Call Notice. Provided that:

                  (i) on the Call Date there has been filed with the  Securities
         and Exchange  Commission and declared effective a current  registration
         statement  covering  the shares of Common  Stock which are to be issued
         pursuant to the Call Notice, and

then on the Call Date the  Borrower  shall  deliver to the  Holder  certificates
evidencing  the shares of Common Stock issued in  satisfaction  of the principal
and interest being retired.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower's right
to issue shares of Common Stock in payment of obligations  under this Note shall
be subject to the limitation that the number of shares of Common Stock issued in
connection  with any Call Notice  shall not exceed 25% of the  aggregate  dollar
trading volume of the Common Stock for the eleven (11) trading days  immediately
preceding the Call Date (as such volume



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is reported by  Bloomberg  L.P.).  If the price of the Common  Stock falls below
115% of the Fixed  Conversion  Price  during the eleven (11)  trading day period
immediately  preceding  the Call Date,  then the Holder will then be required to
convert only such amount of the Note as shall equal twenty five percent (25%) of
the  aggregate  dollar  trading  volume (as such volume is reported by Bloomberg
L.P.)  for  each  day  that  the  Common  Stock  has  exceeded  115% of the then
applicable Fixed Conversion Price.

         The  Borrower  shall not be  permitted to give the Holder more than one
Call Notice under this Note during any 22-day period.

         Any  principal  amount of this Note which is prepaid  pursuant  to this
Section  2.4 shall be deemed to  constitute  payments of  outstanding  principal
applying to Monthly Amounts for the remaining  Repayment Dates in  chronological
order.

         2.5 Optional  Prepayment in Cash. If such  prepayment is made on before
the first  anniversary of the date hereof,  the Borrower will have the option of
prepaying this Note in full  ("OPTIONAL  REDEMPTION")  by paying to the Holder a
sum of money equal to one hundred twelve percent (112%) of the principal  amount
of this Note together with accrued but unpaid  interest  thereon and any and all
other sums due,  accrued or payable to the Holder arising under this Note or the
Purchase  Agreement  or  any  Related  Document  (as  defined  in  the  Purchase
Agreement) (the  "REDEMPTION  AMOUNT")  outstanding on the day written notice of
redemption (the "NOTICE OF REDEMPTION") is given to the Holder,  which Notice of
Redemption shall specify the date for such Optional  Redemption (the "REDEMPTION
PAYMENT DATE").  If such prepayment is made after the first but on or before the
second  anniversary  of the date  hereof,  the  Borrower  may  make an  Optional
Redemption  by paying to the Holder a sum of money  equal to one  hundred  seven
percent (107%) of the Redemption Amount and if such prepayment is made after the
second but on or before the third  anniversary of the date hereof,  the Borrower
may make an Optional  Redemption by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to
one  hundred  three  percent  (103%)  of the  Redemption  Amount.  A  Notice  of
Redemption  shall not be effective  with respect to any portion of this Note for
which the Holder has a pending  election to convert  pursuant to Section 3.1 and
the  Redemption  Amount shall be  determined  as if such election to convert had
been completed  immediately  prior to the date of the Notice of Redemption.  The
Redemption  Payment Date shall be not earlier than the day after the date of the
Notice of  Redemption  and not later  than  seven (7) days after the date of the
Notice of Redemption. On the Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount must
be paid in good funds to the Holder.  In the event the Borrower fails to pay the
Redemption  Amount by the Redemption  Payment Date, then such Redemption  Notice
will be null and void.



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                                   ARTICLE III
                                CONVERSION RIGHTS

         3.1.  Holder's  Conversion  Rights.  If the closing price of the Common
Stock on the  Conversion  Date (as  defined  below)  is  greater  than the Fixed
Conversion  Price,  and a Registration  Statement  covering the shares of Common
Stock  which are  issuable  pursuant  to  conversion  hereof  has been  declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective and current
on the Conversion Date, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to convert all or any portion of the then aggregate outstanding principal amount
of this Note,  together with interest and fees due hereon, into shares of Common
Stock  subject to the terms and  conditions  set forth in this  Article III. The
Holder may exercise  such right by delivery to the Borrower of a written  notice
of  conversion  not less  than one (1) day  prior to the date  upon  which  such
conversion  shall occur.  The date upon which such conversion shall occur is the
"CONVERSION DATE").

         3.2 Conversion Limitation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary,  the Holder shall not be entitled to convert pursuant to the terms
of this Note an amount that would be convertible  into that number of Conversion
Shares which would exceed the difference  between the number of shares of Common
Stock  beneficially  owned by such Holder or issuable  upon exercise of warrants
held by such Holder and 4.99% of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock of the
Borrower.  For the purposes of the immediately  preceding  sentence,  beneficial
ownership  shall be determined in accordance  with Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act and Regulation  13d-3  thereunder.  The Holder may void the Conversion Share
limitation  described  in this  Section  3.2 upon 75 days  prior  notice  to the
Borrower or without any notice requirement upon an Event of Default.

         3.3  Mechanics  of  Holder's  Conversion.  In the event that the Holder
elects to convert this Note into Common  Stock,  the Holder shall give notice of
such  election by  delivering  an executed and  completed  notice of  conversion
("NOTICE OF  CONVERSION")  to the Borrower and such Notice of  Conversion  shall
provide a  breakdown  in  reasonable  detail of the  Principal  Amount,  accrued
interest  and fees being  converted.  On each  Conversion  Date (as  hereinafter
defined) and in accordance with its Notice of Conversion,  the Holder shall make
the appropriate reduction to the Principal Amount,  accrued interest and fees as
entered in its records and shall provide  written notice thereof to the Borrower
within two (2) business  days after the  Conversion  Date.  Each date on which a
Notice of  Conversion  is delivered or  telecopied to the Borrower in accordance
with the provisions  hereof shall be deemed a Conversion  Date (the  "CONVERSION
DATE").  A form of Notice of  Conversion to be employed by the Holder is annexed
hereto as Exhibit A. The Borrower will cause the transfer  agent to transmit the
certificates  representing  the


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Conversion  Shares to the Holder  upon  resale by  crediting  the account of the
Holder's designated broker with the Depository Trust Corporation ("DTC") through
its  Deposit  Withdrawal  Agent  Commission  ("DWAC")  system  within  three (3)
business  days after  receipt by the Borrower of the Notice of  Conversion  (the
"DELIVERY DATE").

            In the case of the  exercise  of the  conversion  rights  set  forth
herein the conversion  privilege  shall be deemed to have been exercised and the
Conversion  Shares  issuable upon such  conversion  shall be deemed to have been
issued upon the date of receipt by the Borrower of the Notice of Conversion. The
Holder  shall be treated for all  purposes  as the record  holder of such Common
Stock,  unless the Holder  provides the  Borrower  written  instructions  to the
contrary.

     3.4  Conversion Mechanics.

         (a) The  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock to be  issued  upon each
conversion  of this Note shall be  determined  by dividing  that  portion of the
principal and interest and fees to be converted, if any, by the Fixed Conversion
Price.  In the event of any  conversions of outstanding  principal  amount under
this Note in part pursuant to this Article III, such conversions shall be deemed
to constitute  conversions of outstanding  principal  amount applying to Monthly
Amounts for the remaining  Repayment  Dates in  chronological  order.  By way of
example,  if the original  principal  amount of this Note is $1,200,000  and the
Holder  converted  $75,000 of such original  principal amount prior to the first
Repayment Date,  then (1) the principal  amount of the Monthly Amount due on the
first  Repayment  Date would equal $0, (2) the  principal  amount of the Monthly
Amount due on the second  Repayment  Date would  equal $0 and (3) the  principal
amount  of the  Monthly  Amount  due on  the  third  Repayment  Dates  would  be
$22,272.72.

         (b) The Fixed  Conversion  Price and number and kind of shares or other
securities to be issued upon  conversion  is subject to adjustment  from time to
time upon the occurrence of certain events, as follows:

         A. Stock Splits,  Combinations  and Dividends.  If the shares of Common
Stock are  subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller  number of shares of
Common  Stock,  or if a dividend is paid on the Common Stock in shares of Common
Stock, the Fixed  Conversion Price or the Conversion  Price, as the case may be,
shall be  proportionately  reduced  in case of  subdivision  of  shares or stock
dividend or  proportionately  increased in the case of combination of shares, in
each  such case by the ratio  which the total  number of shares of Common  Stock
outstanding  immediately after such event bears to the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.



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         B. During the period the  conversion  right  exists,  the Borrower will
reserve from its  authorized  and unissued  Common Stock a sufficient  number of
shares to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full  conversion  of
this Note. The Borrower represents that upon issuance,  such shares will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  The Borrower agrees that its
issuance of this Note shall  constitute full authority to its officers,  agents,
and transfer agents who are charged with the duty of executing and issuing stock
certificates  to  execute  and issue the  necessary  certificates  for shares of
Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note.

         3.5 Issuance of New Note.  Upon any partial  conversion of this Note, a
new Note  containing  the same date and  provisions  of this Note shall,  at the
request of the Holder, be issued by the Borrower to the Holder for the principal
balance of this Note and interest  which shall not have been  converted or paid.
The Borrower will pay no costs,  fees or any other  consideration  to the Holder
for the production and issuance of a new Note.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         If an Event of Default (as defined below) occurs and is continuing, the
Borrower's rights under Sections 2.1, 2.3 and 2.4 shall immediately cease and be
of no further effect until such time as the Event of Default has been cured,  or
has been waived by the Holder.  Upon the occurrence and  continuance of an Event
of Default beyond any applicable  grace period,  the Holder may make all sums of
principal,  interest and other fees then  remaining  unpaid hereon and all other
amounts  payable  hereunder  due and payable  within five (5) days after written
notice  from  Holder  to  Borrower  (each  occurrence  being a  "DEFAULT  NOTICE
PERIOD"). In the event of such an acceleration,  the amount due and owing to the
Holder  shall be 112% of the  outstanding  principal  amount  of the Note  (plus
accrued and unpaid  interest and fees, if any). If, with respect to any Event of
Default other than a payment default described in Section 4.1 below,  within the
Default  Notice  Period the  Borrower  cures the Event of Default,  the Event of
Default  will be deemed to no longer exist and any rights and remedies of Holder
pertaining to such Event of Default will be of no further force or effect.

         The occurrence of any of the following events is an "EVENT OF DEFAULT":

         4.1 Failure to Pay  Principal,  Interest or other  Fees.  The  Borrower
fails to pay when due any  installment  of  principal,  interest  or other  fees
hereon in accordance herewith,  or the Borrower fails to pay when due any amount
due  under  any other  promissory  note  issued  by  Borrower  to the  Holder in
accordance  with the  terms of such  other  promissory  note,  and such  failure
continues for a period of three (3) days after the due date.



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         4.2 Breach of Covenant.  The Borrower breaches any material covenant or
other term or condition  of this Note or the Purchase  Agreement in any material
respect and such breach,  if subject to cure,  continues  for a period of thirty
(30) days after the occurrence thereof.

         4.3   Breach  of   Representations   and   Warranties.   Any   material
representation  or  warranty  of the  Borrower  made  herein,  in  the  Purchase
Agreement,  or in any Related  Document (as defined in the  Purchase  Agreement)
shall be materially  false or misleading  and shall not be cured for a period of
ten (10) days after written  notice thereof is received by the Borrower from the
Holder.

         4.4 Receiver or Trustee.  The Borrower shall make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors,  or apply for or consent to the  appointment of a receiver
or trustee for it or for a substantial part of its property or business; or such
a receiver or trustee shall otherwise be appointed, provided, however, that if a
receiver or trustee shall otherwise be involuntarily  appointed by a third party
without the consent of the  Borrower,  the  Borrower  shall have forty five (45)
days to cure such default..

         4.5 Judgments.  Any money judgment, writ or similar final process shall
be entered or filed  against the Borrower or any of its property or other assets
for more than $125,000,  and shall remain unvacated,  unbonded or unstayed for a
period of ninety (90) days.

         4.6  Bankruptcy.   (a)  Bankruptcy,   insolvency,   reorganization   or
liquidation  proceedings or other proceedings or relief under any bankruptcy law
or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by the Borrower.

                  (b)  Bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization  or  liquidation
proceedings  or other  proceedings or relief under any bankruptcy law or any law
for the relief of debtors shall be instituted  against the Borrower  without the
Borrower's  consent unless such  proceedings  are vacated within forty five (45)
days after the filing thereof..

         4.7 Stop Trade.  An SEC stop trade order or  Principal  Market  trading
suspension  of the Common Stock shall be in effect for 5  consecutive  days or 5
days during a period of 10 consecutive days, excluding in all cases a suspension
of all trading on a Principal Market,  provided that the Borrower shall not have
been able to cure such trading  suspension  within 30 days of the notice thereof
or list the Common  Stock on  another  Principal  Market  within 60 days of such
notice.  The "Principal  Market" for the Common Stock shall include the NASD OTC
Bulletin Board, NASDAQ SmallCap Market, NASDAQ National Market System,  American
Stock Exchange, or New York Stock Exchange (whichever of the foregoing is at the
time the  principal  trading  exchange  or market for the Common  Stock,  or any
securities exchange or other securities market on which the Common Stock is then
being listed or traded.



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         4.8 Failure to Deliver Common Stock or Replacement Note. The Borrower's
failure to timely deliver Common Stock to the Holder pursuant to and in the form
required by this Note, and Section 9 of the Securities  Purchase  Agreement,  if
such  failure to timely  deliver  Common Stock shall not be cured within two (2)
days or failure  to deliver a  replacement  Note,  if such  failure to deliver a
replacement Note is not cured within seven (7) Business Days.

                           DEFAULT RELATED PROVISIONS

         4.9 Payment Grace Period.  The Borrower shall have a three (3) business
day grace period to pay any monetary amounts due under this Note or the Purchase
Agreement or any Related  Document,  after which grace period a default interest
rate of five  percent  (5%) per annum above the then  applicable  interest  rate
hereunder shall apply to the monetary amounts due.

         4.10  Conversion  Privileges.  The  conversion  privileges set forth in
Article  III shall  remain in full  force and effect  immediately  from the date
hereof and until this Note is paid in full.

                                    ARTICLE V
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         5.1 Failure or Indulgence  Not Waiver.  No failure or delay on the part
of the Holder hereof in the exercise of any power, right or privilege  hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof,  nor shall any single or partial  exercise of
any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or
of any other  right,  power or  privilege.  All  rights  and  remedies  existing
hereunder  are  cumulative  to, and not  exclusive  of,  any rights or  remedies
otherwise available.

         5.2 Notices.  Any notice herein required or permitted to be given shall
be in writing and shall be deemed  effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery
to the party  notified,  (b) when sent by  confirmed  telex or facsimile if sent
during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business
day,  (c) five days after  having been sent by  registered  or  certified  mail,
return receipt requested,  postage prepaid,  or (d) one day after deposit with a
nationally  recognized  overnight  courier,  specifying next day delivery,  with
written  verification  of  receipt.  All  communications  shall  be  sent to the
Borrower  at  the  address  provided  in  the  Purchase  Agreement  executed  in
connection  herewith with a copy to Henry I. Rothman,  Esq.  Jenkens & Gilchrist
Parker Chapin LLP 405 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10174 facsimile number
(212)  704-6288,  and to the  Holder at the  address  provided  in the  Purchase
Agreement for such Holder, with a copy to John E. Tucker, Esq., 825 Third Avenue
14th Floor,  New York, New York 10022,  facsimile  number (212) 541-4434,  or at
such other  address as the  Borrower  or the  Holder may  designate  by ten days
advance written notice to the other parties hereto. A Notice of Conversion shall
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         5.3 Amendment Provision.  The term "Note" and all reference thereto, as
used  throughout  this  instrument,  shall mean this  instrument  as  originally
executed,  or  if  later  amended  or  supplemented,   then  as  so  amended  or
supplemented,  and any  successor  instrument  issued  pursuant  to Section  3.3
hereof, as it may be amended or supplemented.

         5.4 Assignability. This Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and its
successors  and  assigns,  and shall  inure to the benefit of the Holder and its
successors and assigns, and may be assigned by the Holder in accordance with the
requirements of the Purchase Agreement.

         5.5  Governing  Law.  This Note shall be governed by and  construed  in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York,  without regard to principles
of  conflicts  of laws.  Any action  brought by either  party  against the other
concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only
in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts located in the state of
New York.  Both  parties and the  individual  signing this Note on behalf of the
Borrower  agree to submit to the  jurisdiction  of such courts.  The  prevailing
party  shall  be  entitled  to  recover  from the  other  party  its  reasonable
attorney's  fees and  costs.  In the event  that any  provision  of this Note is
invalid or unenforceable  under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such
provision  shall  be  deemed  inoperative  to the  extent  that it may  conflict
therewith  and shall be deemed  modified to conform with such statute or rule of
law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or  unenforceable  under any law
shall not affect the validity or unenforceability of any other provision of this
Note.

         5.6  Maximum  Payments.  Nothing  contained  herein  shall be deemed to
establish  or require  the  payment of a rate of  interest  or other  charges in
excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of
interest  required  to be paid or other  charges  hereunder  exceed the  maximum
permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum  shall be credited
against  amounts  owed by the  Borrower  to the Holder and thus  refunded to the
Borrower.

         5.7  Security  Interest.  The  holder of this  Note has been  granted a
security  interest in certain  assets of the Borrower more fully  described in a
Security Agreement dated as of September 25th, 2003.

         5.8  Construction.  Each  party  acknowledges  that its  legal  counsel
participated in the preparation of this Note and, therefore, stipulates that the
rule of construction  that  ambiguities are to be resolved  against the drafting
party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Note to favor any party
against the other.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower has caused this Convertible Term Note
to be signed in its name effective as of this 25th day of September, 2003.

                                            OPHTHALMIC IMAGING SYSTEMS

                                            By:________________________________
                                            Name:______________________________
                                            Title:_____________________________

WITNESS:


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              NOTICE OF CONVERSION
                              --------------------

(To be  executed  by the Holder in order to convert all or part of the Note into
Common Stock

[Name and Address of Holder]


The  Undersigned  hereby  elects to convert  $_________  of the principal due on
[specify  applicable  Repayment Date] under the Convertible  Term Note issued by
OPHTHALMIC  IMAGING  SYSTEMSdated  September 25th, 2003 by delivery of Shares of
Common Stock of OPHTHALMIC  IMAGING SYSTEMS on and subject to the conditions set
forth in Article II of such Note.

1.       Date of Conversion         _______________________

2.       Shares To Be Delivered:    _______________________

Date: ____________                                   .


                                       By:_______________________________
                                       Name:_____________________________
                                       Title:______________________________





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                                    EXHIBIT B

                            REPAYMENT ELECTION NOTICE
                            -------------------------

(To be executed by the Borrower in order to pay all or part of a Monthly  Amount
with Common Stock)

[Name and Address of Holder]


OPHTHALMIC IMAGING SYSTEMS hereby elects to pay $_________ of the Monthly Amount
due on  [specify  applicable  Repayment  Date] under the  Convertible  Term Note
issued by OPHTHAMIC IMAGING SYSTEMS,INC.  dated September 25th, 2003 by delivery
of Shares of Common Stock of  OPHTHALMIC  IMAGING  SYSTEMS on and subject to the
conditions set forth in Article II of such Note.

1.   Fixed Conversion Price:    $_______________________

2.   Amount to be paid:         $_______________________

3.   Shares To Be Delivered (2 divided by 1):    __________________


Date: ____________                       OPHTHALMIC IMAGING SYSTEMS


                                         By:_______________________________
                                         Name:_____________________________
                                         Title:______________________________




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